Mission:

To advocate for children left behind by incarceration or loss of a parent for any reason and to provide mentoring, services and supports for the children, their caregivers, and incarcerated parents, with the goal of strengthening and empowering the family unit.

Development of co-parenting agreements between incarcerated parents and the caregivers of the children;

Support groups and services for kinship caregivers;

School-based services for children whose lives have been impacted by incarceration of a parent, relative or other significant person; children with a parent returning home, and children in the foster care system;

Reunification and re-entry services for prisoners and their families;

Education about the consequences of risky behavior, including drug and alcohol use and unprotected sex;

Family literacy services, including financial literacy and health literacy;

Referrals to services and supports provided by the State and the community;

Advocacy for children in foster care who have an incarcerated parent;

Advocacy for relative caregivers who are caring for another family member’s children and for relatives seeking to stay engaged with their relative's children lingering in foster care (Grandparents Left Behind);

Community Resource Development and collaborations on behalf of these children, youth and families.

We appreciate your interest in Arkansas Voices for the Children Left Behind. Please feel free to contact us at 501-366-3647 or by email at deeannlr@yahoo.com.

Donations:Arkansas Voices has developed "promising" practices to insure quality and cost effectiveness in our services. We primarily rely on grant funding and donations. Many of our current programs are operating with very small grant funding or entirely as volunteer projects without paid staff.

We need the support of the Friends of Children Left Behind to sustain our multiple interventions.

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